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Fla. 3-Year-Old Dies After Being Left in Van for More Than 11 Hours; Day Care Worker Faces Charges
How is a child left in a day care van, going unnoticed and not missed for more than 11 hours? Authorities are still demanding answers, but as of now, an Orlando, Fla., day care van driver will face criminal charges after a child was found dead inside the vehicle at the end of an extremely…
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Fla. Women Trash Chick-fil-A Over Cold Chicken Nuggets
On Monday, a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the River City neighborhood of Jacksonville, Fla., was trashed because two women were up in arms over a cold chicken-nugget meal that had been given to their brother. Facebook user Allison Music witnessed the event and subsequently posted about it, commenting that she was waiting for the meal she…
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Fla. Petition Calls for Confederate Monument to Be Replaced by Statue of Beloved Manatee, Because Why Not?
Anything is better than a Confederate monument, so I can’t even be mad that one grieving Florida community is petitioning for said monument to be replaced by a statue of Snooty, a beloved manatee who died over the weekend in a tank accident at the South Florida Museum aquarium that has been described as “tragic.”…
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Police Chief Recommends Charges Against Fla. Teens Who Laughed While Man Drowned
We all know that you can’t legislate decency in this country, but perhaps there will be some semblance of justice for a man who was recorded while drowning—not only recorded but taunted—by five Florida teenagers. Cocoa, Fla., Police Chief Michael Cantaloupe said Friday that he will recommend the state attorney prosecute the teens under a…
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‘Utterly Inhumane and Cruel’: Fla. Police Say Teens Laughed at, Mocked Drowning Man
Authorities in Cocoa, Fla., say that a group of teens callously watched and laughed as a 32-year-old disabled man drowned in a retention pond last week. Police in Cocoa said they discovered that the teens had recorded the drowning of Jamel Dunn on video, the Associated Press reports. The video taken by the teens at…
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Former Fla. High School Principal Asked Teachers to Do Son’s Math Assignments, Charged Students $1 to Attend Pep Rallies: Report
A former principal in Florida asked teachers to do math assignments for his son, pressured teachers to change students’ grades and charged students $1 just to go to pep rallies, a school district investigation has uncovered. On top of it all, George Lockhart, former principal of Lake Worth High School, also suspended students without reporting…
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Fla. Mayoral Candidate Tells Audience ‘Go Back to Africa’ During Mayoral Debate
A mayoral race in St. Petersburg, Fla., took quite an interesting turn Tuesday when one of the candidates, Paul Congemi, snapped at another mayoral candidate and his supporters, telling them to “Go back to Africa” and saying that reparations came in the form of Barack Obama. You can’t make this stuff up. According to Fox…
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Alleged Fla. Drug Dealer Calls 911 to Report Cocaine Stolen From His Car, Because Why Not?
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And one self-described drug dealer in Florida gained nothing but some criminal charges after calling 911 to report a stolen bag of cocaine. Not sure what was going through this one’s head, but I would love to know. Or maybe more drug dealers need to get into it. Anyway, according to…
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Fla. Babysitter Allegedly Broke 3-Year-Old’s Arm Because He Peed in His Pants
Daytona Beach, Fla., babysitter Haillee Howell has been accused of breaking a 3-year-old’s arm with a large kitchen utensil, all because the child wet his pants. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Howell, 21, has been charged with aggravated child abuse and is being held at Florida’s Volusia County Jail without bail. Howell allegedly grabbed…
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Fla. State Attorney Aramis Ayala: Is Viral Video Latest Evidence of Targeted Harassment Against Her?
The viral video of a black female state attorney in Florida getting pulled over by police officers who don’t recognize her and say they couldn’t get any information off of her plates has been making headlines and sparking discussion for days, but is it possible that there is more to the story than meets the…